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    looked that ; b y the proposed plan , the benefits , pf . competition wnl be &fc : tetiae& to the teachers as well as to &e learners am that the professors will be stimulated to exertiqi * by an noiioiii-able desire that their pupils may stand foremost in the jM ^ iSe ni cjf ^ the examiners . ' No stronger language , Mr . EtfitOr ^ 6 ^ t n be used to point out the advantag e of . admitting kilt H& theprivilege of obtaining the degree that c ^ n pass the i * edbisite examination , and this for the sake of the professors of

    the University themselves . For , if these be their feelings in prospect of their pupils entering into honourable competition witli qne or two other colleges , how much would this satisfaction Ite increased if they had the opportunity of competing with kll'the schools in the kingdom ; with what exultation would they look forward to the time when the palm should be taken

    ^ frpm every schoolmaster in the kingdom and placed upon their own Brows . We must all admire the noble declaration of . the professors , and acknowledge that they have the spirit of men wli 6 ffcel the importance of their task . And yet , Sir , knowing asTdoj . that it is not the most learned , but the mosf

    experienced , that is the best educator—that it is not sliming taletits ^ but patience , industry , and perseverance , that are t ^ e ^ & | qualifications for a teacher ; that a man is nof ; tli e mbre ckjfaple of affording instruction , because he is dignified iyUh tn ^ tijtl ^ of professor , and the place in which instru ^ jon is given ig called a University ; aware , too , of the advantages We possess in having our pupils always under our superintendand of the

    ancj ^ impossibility of giving individual attention where the classes are too numerous ; aware , too , of many . other cj ^ c ^ n ^ stances which a long experience in education assures Xtie we nq , ye in our favour , did it not savour of opposition in a cause in wliich we are all fellow-labourers , I have no doubt . J " * ~ 4 * . J , _ - -v — - « - ** r - »_ - ^ - \ j «^^ , r *_ r ^ j

    tnei schoolmasters would accept the challenge thus boldly thro ^ i ^ down , and then I dare venture to assert , the professors would not find the palm so easily won as they imagine . But b ^ astijdg js not becoming on either side ; let but the governmjbpt anord us the opportunity , and then , as the Frencli say , Pious verrons .

    J . A . EMEivro * J ^ anwell , Feb . 22 , 1836 .

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    No . 1 X . —THE GOSSflV ¦ ) J ' ' I had rather live : r' ! Ti ! oi I ' . OntlMdie and ararHck in n windmill fax _

    _ — ^ j ft ; if * ; . > , f , ( . , i : U 4 n fep 4 on c « te » imkI hav ^ him tallf to me . . li \ apy Biinamqr-bouse in CUristenclom ^— Shake $ neare . ^ l ^ ri ^ ^ w ^ . ^^^^^ y convinced th ^ t contrarieties alviWuW ^ r W me * r } i * gs , that lie \ is . fi < I ^ t 9 ^ Np thitf ; h ^ could tell what kind ot person the husband would prov ^ by only

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    VJ % Sketches of \ Domestic Life .

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    SKETCHES OF DOMESTIC LIFE .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1836, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2655/page/44/